{"title":"Upside Down and All Around","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou know how most meals have a main course and some side dishes. This was a side dish. This collection was happening along side a \"main dish.\" I worked on these paintings at the end of painting sessions. I painted the majority of them upside down for a few reasons: \u003cbr\u003e1) because that’s how they were stored in my workspace and it was easiest to pop them in and out that way \u003cbr\u003e2) I wanted to say loose with them \u003cbr\u003e3) it was a fun challenge. \u003cbr\u003eThis process contributes to the title of the collection. The feeling they helped me feel was of perseverance. Keeping on going, that’s it. I think that’s a recurring theme for myself these days and it came out through these paintings too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen viewers see these paintings I want them to feel the hope and spirit that keeps us going when it’s not easy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA break through moment was deciding to stripe the edges. I always take a lot of care with the edges of paintings that I sell, but this was a new way to expand the art. This also lead to the title to take the paint “all around” with added design and graphical framing. I always love when art pieces have some organic and graphic elements. So, by adding the stripe to the edges I felt I didn’t have to put stripes on the vases and like how they turned out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have appreciated all of the support and feedback from Instagram friends on these. I even first ran the idea of striping the sides by drawing them in for an Instagram story…on a day I was wearing pink and green and feeling momentarily obsessed with the color combo and finding it everywhere. I didn’t set out to stripe the sides or even really to sell these paintings, however the online feedback opened me up to the idea. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI love how hydrangeas often form the support structure of an arrangement and I wanted to work that bit of realism into these otherwise abstract florals. Each hydrangea always seems to be made up of a bunch of hearts all squished together. so I was also thinking of that as I made them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI feel grateful that these shook out in such a low stress way. I wasn’t chasing them. I think that’s how I want more of my art to be. Oops, all side projects! \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/mediaprofunda.com\/collections\/upside-down-and-all-around.oembed","provider":"Media Profunda","version":"1.0","type":"link"}